Games getting played: 1. Well, I'm still pushing through Advance Wars Dual Strike again. I've been working on this for over a few months now. I have finished the campaign and many of the additional levels. I'm working on leveling everyone up and getting 300 stars. Who knows when I'll finish. This is my 'play right before going to sleep' game. 2. I tried out Bastion - not long enough to determine one way or the other. It was a brief 5 minute play before I played... 3. Catherine. OK, the dating sim / puzzle game has been on my radar. I already knew the content was on the edge for me. I'm not one for swears in games, my wife probably less, but it was different - a different I don't have in any other games in my library. That is why I got it. We played through the first set of puzzles, 3 levels or so - on easy. I don't know if I could recommend it to anyone yet and I don't know if I like it yet either. It can be summed up by: Catherine is Hot; Katherine is controlling; and You are a loser 32 year old male. That is how far I've got so far. I just barely turned 32 this year and I'm having a hard time relating to anything in the game. I also have a hard time having any empthy for him. Heck, don't want the problems keep your thing in your pants and quit wasting all your time and money on alcohol. The puzzles are fun enough though. 4. Borderlands - This is my FPS of choice when I just want to shoot stuff. I'm working through the Zombie expansion. As of right now, I'm really happy I have a class mod that regenerates my SMG bullets. 5. Defense Grid - A pretty fun tower defense game. Still working through the original Story. The story sucks.

6. Metroid: Other M - This would be my second official playthrough. I played it once the day it came out. I watched the theater edition with my wife that doesn't have the tolerance for the shooting and running around. And now I'm playing through it again. Without having the media bashing it at every angle I would have to admit it is more enjoyable than the last time. The annoying 'where's waldo' sections are gone because I still remember what I'm looking for and this time I must be more open to how Samus is portrayed. Samus isn't a complete loser. She has just had the most tramatic experiences ever happen all in a row. From getting an attached metroid baby to watching it completely save her life and then get the stuffing blasted out of it and splashed on her, to having to deal with her 'father figure', and the whole nightmare being recreated on the bottleship again - yeah, it is believable that even the most hardened bounty hunter could get a little messed up with all of this. It is called being humbled and it usually happens to everyone at some point. I don't expect anyone to agree, but I'm enjoying the game. I'm messing around with a few other games here and there... but that pretty much sums up the big stuff happening. Thoughts? What are you up to?